Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23730

High

Published: 23 January 2025

Published
23 January 2025
Modified
23 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0019 40.4th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23730 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 40.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-23730 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, affecting the FLX Dashboard Groups WordPress plugin (flx-dashboard-groups). The issue impacts all versions from n/a through 0.0.7 and was published on 2025-01-23.

With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), the vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network by unauthenticated attackers requiring low complexity and user interaction, such as clicking a malicious link. Successful exploitation enables script execution in the context of the victim's browser, potentially compromising low levels of confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to the changed scope.

Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/flx-dashboard-groups/vulnerability/wordpress-flx-dashboard-groups-plugin-0-0-7-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in flx0 FLX Dashboard Groups flx-dashboard-groups allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects FLX Dashboard Groups: from n/a through <= 0.0.7.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1059.007 JavaScript Execution
Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of internet-facing applications (T1190) and arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser (T1059.007).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-15 Information Output Filtering good match
prevent

SI-15 requires filtering of information outputs, directly preventing reflected XSS by ensuring user-supplied input is properly encoded before inclusion in dynamically generated web pages.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

SI-10 enforces validation of information inputs, mitigating reflected XSS by rejecting or sanitizing malicious scripts in user input reflected by the FLX Dashboard Groups plugin.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

SI-2 mandates identification and timely remediation of flaws, directly addressing this specific XSS vulnerability through patching or removal of the affected FLX Dashboard Groups plugin versions <=0.0.7.

References